
Rocky Nook Pavilion, no date I don’t know when it was or who they are — proud proprietors would be my best guess — but they’re standing in front of the Rocky Nook Pavilion. Once standing on Wharf Lane, this fine establishment offered “dancing every Saturday night.”

Kingston Public Library If you can get to this, it should be well worth your while! Sure to be both enlightening and entertaining.
Who Am I? Exploring the Art of the Memoir
Sted:Boston Public Library - Orientation Room
Tidspunkt:17. november 2009 18:00

From the collection of Jennie Mclauthlen, Kingston’s first Librarian. 1887 Raisin Pie. — One cup chopped raisins, two cups of water, one teaspon mixed spince, one cup cracker-crumbs, two cups sugar, one cup of vinegar, one-half cup butter, one beaten egge. Bo ...

Kingston Public Library Our Veterans, that's what's on our minds. Thank you for your service, and for all you do and have done to protect our country and our freedoms.

Boat shop interior, no date This photograph just turned up in a recent donation to the Local History Room. It has no date, no place, nothing beyond the image itself. ...

Martin Parris, no date In May 1794 Mr Martin Parris was engaged at a salary of seventy pounds per year ’so long as he shall give satisfaction to the town.’ He continued to serve the town for about eight years and afterwards went to Plymouth where he taught school awhile then returned to Kin ...

Kingston Public Library Tracy Kidder comes to Cohasset on November 2nd. Remember "The Soul of a New Machine", "House," "Mountains Beyond Mountains"? Here's what he has to say about the value of libraries.
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An interview with Tracy Kidder - Cohasset, MA - Cohasset Mariner

Kingston Public Library Ideas for how to conduct a good college search on the cheap: http://tinyurl.com/yjvjmo4. As they say in the article, you don't have to go broke trying to get your child into college!
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Before worrying about college tuition, there’s the small matter of getting your child into a school. It’s a process that can sap you of thousands of dollars, especially if you’re booking hotel rooms and plane tickets to visit campuses. ...

Juliet Drennan I'm constantly amazed at this library. Compared to the public libraries in Western PA, it is light-years ahead in its thinking and attitudes. Kudos and my thanks.

Whale beached at Ah-de-nah, October 20, 1948. By Ethel Packard. In the 1948 Annual Report of the Town of Kingston, the Board of Health reported: On October 20th, 1943, a fin-back whale came ashore north of the town pier [today's town landing] at the foot of River Street. Measuring 42 ft ...

A beautiful cabinet card recently came into the Local History Room, part of a larger collection. While the contrast in the original is a little faded (and has been adjusted in this scan), the image is otherwise perfect, and the subject — harvesting the cranberry crop — could not be more timely. Cr ...

Kingston Public Library Join Miss Stephanie for a reading of many of the stories read during the week's story hours.
Storytime for all ages.
Tidspunkt:1. oktober 2009 11:15
Sted:Children's Room

Kingston Public Library This playgroup incorporates free play time with literacy activities
Come by for a story and a couple of songs
Tidspunkt:1. oktober 2009 10:30
Sted:Meeting Room

Kingston Public Library Join Miss Stephanie for readings from folk and fairy tales around the world.
Folk and Fairy Tales for Children
Tidspunkt:30. september 2009 13:00
Sted:Children's Room
















